The Directorate of Quality Assurance conducted a three-day awareness and readiness training on Competence Based Education (CBE) for all academic staff from all the schools and institutes at TUM, on February 4 to 6, 2025.

The training was officially opened by the Vice Chancellor Prof Laila Abubakar, who urged dons to start preparing on how they would handle the pioneering Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) learners who are set to join the University by 2029.

The specific number of lecturers oriented include 70 from the School of Applied and Health Sciences, 36 from the School of Business, 26 from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 83 from the School of Engineering and Technology, 17 from the Institute of Computing and Informatics, and 4 lecturers from the Institute of Maritime and Seafaring Studies.

In her presentation, Director Quality Assurance Dr Sylvia Mutua stated that the training on Competence Based Education was aimed at making dons understand how to prepare teaching materials and to enlighten the dons on CBE pedagogical methods, assessment procedures and ability to integrate technology into classroom instructions.

The sentiments were echoed by Dr Juliana Asser who elaborated the various roles of key stakeholders in CBE.

Dr Lawrence Mukhongo took the lecturers on pedagogical content knowledge, the art of teaching, basic principles of assessment and curriculum gap analysis.

While closing the training on Thursday 6, February 2025, Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academics Research and Extension Prof Peter Gichangi said the management is committed to ensure all dons are fully prepared. 

“Ladies and gentlemen, time flies very fast. In the next four years, we shall receive the first batch of CBC students. The grading system will change from A's, B's and C's to Exceeding Expectations (EE's) and Meeting Expectations (ME's). Adequate preparations will make classes interesting and the new system to succeed," Prof Gichangi concluded.